I have gathered the two of them together to discuss their views on Biden’s first year in office.
C: So, what do you think of Biden’s first year?
S: Worst ever.
M: Worst ever.
C: Let’s start with you, Mark. Why do you say that?
M: Because he’s terrible for business, of course.
C: Does that mean your profits are way down?
M: No. Actually, we’re holding up just fine.
C: Are you being forced to pay your employees a lot more as a result of the Great Resignation?
M: No. I don’t have minimum wage employees. Getting people to sell cars isn’t really a problem. I hear things from my friends in business, though. They have big problems keeping employees. It concerns me.
C: Why? Do they have some sort of divine right to pay their employees poorly?
M: It’s important to keep costs down. People like me have to make a living, you know. I could be next. You never know.
C: What’s happening with your investments?
M: They’re doing fine, actually.
C: And your taxes haven’t gone up, either.
M: No thanks to Biden.
C: So profits are fine, business is fine, your investments are fine, and your taxes haven’t gone up. Why is Biden bad for business?
M: He doesn’t respect us the way he should.
C: Oh, so this is a reprise of the Romney makers and takers thing?
M: Damn right! Business people are responsible for all of the jobs and all of the money everyone else makes in this country. Without us, this country is nothing!
C: And, as we saw during the pandemic, without workers, we aren’t anything, either. We can’t even eat unless we have employees working at the grocery store, or delivering to us.
M: That was a special case. And it’s over. Things need to go back to where they were, and my friends and I are entitled to more respect.
C: What about you, Sebastian? Why do you think Biden is the worst?
S: For starters, he shouldn’t even be president. He stole the election.
C: With the assistance of Republican governors, election workers, and judges, I suppose.
S: Hey, they’re all part of the establishment. The GOP is full of RINOs. If you didn’t support Trump, you’re really a Democrat.
C: So what would Trump have done differently than Biden?
S: He wouldn’t have spent as much money. We wouldn’t have the inflation we do today.
C: You do know that he supported the stimulus payments that Congress approved last winter?
S: It would have been different. It just would have.
C: What else?
S: We wouldn’t have had the Afghanistan debacle.
C: You do know that Trump made the deal to get out of Afghanistan.
S: It would have been different, somehow. He probably would have scared the Taliban. He’s a tough guy, you know.
C: What else?
S: We wouldn’t have to deal with all that critical race theory crap.
C: How is Biden responsible for that? When has he ever supported critical race theory? That’s a state and local issue.
S: Leftists are all the same. Biden and Bernie may not talk about that crap, but they support it.
C: How do you know that?
S: Tucker says so.
C: Well, this has certainly been enlightening. Thanks for coming.